Here’s a story about contraception sticker shock on campus of a flavor different than the rising price of contraception for college students. Pro-choice students at Georgetown University are fed up with the lack of information provided to women about pregnancy prevention at the Catholic college, particularly emergency contraception. Georgetown student and Choice USA member, Sam Demetriou, blogs this week on RH Reality Check about a sticker campaign launched by the campus pro-choice group, H*yas for Choice, and appearing mainly in bathroom stalls around campus. Since Georgetown receives orders on what sexual health information it can provide students directly from the Vatican, information about contraception is prohibited from beng distributed through official university channels. To counteract the resulting ignorance on campus, H*yas for Choice has taken a vigilante approach to education. Demetriou explains,

“When a woman enters a bathroom stall almost anywhere on Georgetown University's campus, she is immediately confronted with the ongoing battle between the stickers that adorn the inside of the stall doors. The university supplies stickers with information about its pregnancy support services while H*yas for Choice, Georgetown's (unofficial) pro-choice organization, covertly distributes stickers that provide contact information for Planned Parenthood and instructions on how to obtain emergency contraception (EC)…

The battle wages because Georgetown's Pregnancy Support Services is a Crisis Pregnancy Center. The services they provide accord with the university's Jesuit Catholic identity, as does the fact that condoms are not provided anywhere on campus by the university and that a woman can only obtain the birth control pill if she plans to use for reasons other than contraception…

We provide comprehensive information to students, not only regarding pregnancy, but covering all aspects of reproductive health and contraception. One way students can access these resources is through those stickers we place on bathroom doors. For a more complete list, they can visit our website at any time, or our table every Monday and Thursday between 10 am and 4 pm. We provide information, contacts, and also free condoms for anyone.”

In the belly of the beast, H*yas for Choice has transformed the women's room into a women's resource. If those walls could talk they'd say thanks.